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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Brandon Wash
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Brandon Wash
Courses Plus Student 1,186 Points

How do you print out to the screen using the console method? "First name and user's first name

Need help on printing out to the screen

IO.java
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("What is your last name?  ");
String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name?  ");
String Firstname = "Johnny";
console.printf("%s is learning to code java", Firstname);

3 Answers

You switched the variable name from firstName to Firstname.

Brandon Wash
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Brandon Wash
Courses Plus Student 1,186 Points

so can you show how the code should actually be written?

Ungurusan Alin
Ungurusan Alin
780 Points

Try

// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readLine("What is your first name?  ");
String lastName = console.readLine("What is your last name?  ");
console.printf("%s is the first name and %s is the last name", firstName, lastName);